Saturday, May 10, 1941

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The Headlines

1,500,000 Tons in Four Months; ALLIED SHIP LOSSES FOR APRIL ARE HIGH

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.

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• World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Fred Astaire (1899)
• Heydar Aliyev (1923)
• Gustav Stresemann (1878)
• Karl Barth (1886)
• Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788)

Slang

Tech Check

Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.

Cost of Living (1940)